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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 21, 1993
Filed:
Apr. 17, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Masami Maetani, Ageo, JP;
Katsuhiko Okitsu, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
250561 ; 250570 ; 353 / ;
Abstract
A film retrieval system comprises a light source for illuminating a film having marks applied thereon, a photo-detector for detecting light intensity transmitted from the illuminated film, a device for determining a reference in accordance with the light intensity detected by the photo-detector, a discriminator for determining the presence or absence of the mark by comparing the reference determined by the reference device and an output of the photo-detector and, a setting device for setting a detection point of the transmitted light intensity by the photo-detector at any point spaced from a leading edge of the film.